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Originally Posted by 6thCranialNerve
One of my nurse friends mentioned Rituximab. He explained it "resets" the body in that the body stops absorbing the IgG leaving your serum IgG elevated why not controlling symptoms.
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Rituximab is a humanised monoclonal antibody which is specific for a protein called CD20.
CD20 is found on the surfaces of many mature B cells. Because of this Rituximab can be used to treat B cell cancers (sometimes including multiple myeloma) as well as B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases like SLE and rheumatoid arthritis.
This may have been what your nurse friend was alluding to.